APRN-Palliative Care

Job Description Summary

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How will you make an impact & Requirements

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Key Responsibilities
•· Clinical Consultations: Conduct comprehensive palliative care assessments, including detailed symptom management, via telemedicine for long term care patients.

· Complex Communication: Lead and facilitate goals-of-care conversations and difficult end-of-life and medical decision-making discussions with clarity and empathy.

· Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work in collaboration with patients’ facility-based primary care providers to deliver coordinated care.

· Education: Develop and lead palliative care continuing education workshop for facility-based primary care providers.

Qualifications and Requirements

· Required:

o Licensure: Must hold an active, unencumbered license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the State of Texas.

o Certification: Current national certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist (e.g., AGACNP, FNP, ACGNP or CNS).

o Authority: Active Texas prescriptive authority and DEA registration (or eligibility to obtain prior to start date).

o Future Certification: Must achieve a recognized Palliative Care / Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN) certification within two (2) years of joining the practice.

o Exceptional communication skills, emotional intelligence, and a proven ability to navigate high-stress clinical situations.

o Participation in our on-call pool providing after-hours support

· Preferred:

o Minimum of 1–2 years of dedicated experience in Hospice or Palliative Care nursing or advanced practice.

o Strong background in acute care, geriatrics, or nursing home environments.

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Compensation Range:

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The anticipated base salary range represents the Company's good-faith estimate of the compensation it reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.